as a First Name
Latinate feminine form of Eric, coined towards the end of the 18th century. It has also been reinforced by the fact that erica is the Latin word for ‘heather’.
| 244th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 248,374
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- District of Columbia
- has the most people named Erica per capita
- 1986
- marked the height of its popularity
99.89%
0.11%
0.40%
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55+
36%
30-54
30-54
46%
13-29
13-29
18%
0-12
0-12
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